Kwara: Gov AbdulRazaq orders probe of Shonga flooding, commiserates with victims

By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has set up a committee to investigate the unusual flooding of several rice farmlands in Shonga, Edu Local Government Area of the state.

The committee, led by the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Princess Bukola Babalola, includes the Honourable Commissioners for Agriculture, Water Resources, and Environment; the Special Adviser on Special Duties; the Senior Special Assistant on Security to the Governor, Alhaji Muhyideen Aliu; representatives of the Kwara State Emergency Management Agency; a director in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, who will serve as Secretary; and representatives of the Kwara State Social Investment Programme.

This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye.

“The committee is to visit the affected areas on a fact-finding mission and deliver the government’s condolence message to His Royal Highness, the Emir of Shonga, Dr. Haliru Yahyah Ndanusa (OON), as well as to the victims,” the statement added.